Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Blythe, William I., 1968 

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WILLIAM IRVIN BLYTHE

   FRANKLIN - A funeral service for William Irvin Blythe was conducted Friday 
at 5 p.m. in the Hunterdale United Church of Christ by the Rev. R.E. Brittle. 
Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery with W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home 
in charge.

   Pallbearers were Richard Cutchin, Elijah Joyner, Junius Pulley Jr., Marvin 
Whitley, Carey Blythe and Edgar Blythe.

   Blythe, 58, died early Thursday in Southampton Memorial Hospital after a 
short illness.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. Mary Babb Blythe 
and a son of Mrs. Etta B. Blythe and the late Frank Blythe.

   He was a farmer and a member of Hunterdale United Church of Christ.

   Besides his widow and mother, surviving are a son, Wayne Talmage Blythe of 
Chattanooga, Tenn. and a sister, Mrs. Larry Overby of Franklin.


William Irvin BLYTHE, farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 18 Jul 1968, Franklin, age 58, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 219*), Franklin, 
   19 Jul 1968, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 22, 1968, p. 5 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 


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